The Columbus Blue Jackets will have their prized rookie back in the lineup for Game 1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
Zach Werenski - who had missed the team's final four games of the regular season with an upper-body injury - will play in Game 1, head coach John Tortorella announced, according to NHL.com's Dan Rosen.
Werenski had an outstanding rookie campaign, leading all Blue Jackets defenseman and rookie blue-liners with 47 points in 78 games.
Of course, this is all to say that Wednesday will be Werenski's first NHL playoff game of his career.
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